future of prog

moshkito wrote: cstack3 wrote: ... Oh, I don't know....ELP's "Pictures at an Exhibition" was one long cover, yes?   ... Hi, Bizarre notion .. to say the least, and it just shows how much "music" so many rock aficionados look at music history ... there are no less than at least 20/25 recordings of the whole thing that can be discussed, all of them, (many times) considered different interpretations, but all with the same title and "complete". If there were versions by Leonard Bernstein or Herbert von Karahan, I would have them in my collection.  It's tough saying this ... and when you see the live performance of Jeff Beck doing one of the best known arias, we still can not appreciate it, and still look at it as just another rock song solo and what not. Please show how well versed you are in music ... instead of delineating something that is only a "cover" in rock terms because we dislike classical music and tend to shine on any band doing it. And before ELP's version, The Nice had also done many pieces of classical music.

I like Humble Pie.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: moshkito wrote: Please help the music ... not make it look like it is a left over ... that you throw at the dog or cat, or chickens, or pig!  You are, hands down, the most negative person in this forum when it comes to judging musicians and their fans. ...

moshkito wrote: ...Depends on which side of the mirror you stand! Some folks are afraid of that mirror!...

This reminded me of something I read and idea I have heard expressed in various ways, "Don't point out other people's flaws because you're not perfect! You have to look in the mirror before you can look out the window."

Negative, for the sake of negativity, is wrong and down right bad. I am not exactly being negative, as much as I am trying to challenge the status quo ... which has a tendency to not say anything and make a comment on a thread that is unnecessary.

I would say that one should not be too confident that one knows what the status quo is and not make broad assumptions about how people think. An issue with you i have had has been that you seem to make negative assumptions about people commonly, how they think, and you don't provide strong evidence or arguments to justify your position, often vague anecdotal evidence. And when people ask for specifics you tend to ignore. I have seen you complain about others perceived negativity; you seem so negative when it comes to your perceptions and assumptions about people. This has led to many, many complaints and many calls to have you banned. I think you may still benefit from holding a mirror to yourself and try to understand how others see you.